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1.nounA fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
2.nounA verbal dispute; a quarrel.
3.nounA process of reasoning.
4.nounA series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
5.nounThe independent variable of a function.
6.nounThe phase of a complex number.
7.nounA value, or reference to a value, passed to a function."Parameters are like labeled fillable blanks used to define a function whereas arguments are passed to a function when calling it, filling in those blanks."
8.nounA parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
9.nounAny of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
10.nounThe quantity on which another quantity in a table depends."The altitude is the argument of the refraction."
11.nounThe subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.
12.nounMatter for question; business in hand.
13.verb(NNES) To put forward as an argument; to argue.